DR WAM,
Just so you know when Paul first reviewed the iPhone I believe he gave it three stars, then he blogged over and over again about how he thought it was substandard and should have had this feature or that feature from day one, but that it had replaced all his other phones. He blogged about using it in Europe, he blogged about actually using its internet browser, he blogged about how he used more and more. Finally a year after it was introduced and Apple had "fixed" the multitude of flaws, and it had become his standard phone, he raised its rating to four stars.
The reality was the iPhone won Paul over, it beat out Symbian, Rim, and MS, at that point Paul had three choices: 1. Revisit his article and admit that he made mistake and that the iPhone was in fact a game changer. 2. Stick with his first article and continue to use the iPhone day in and day out and be recognized for the tool he is in general and the MS shill in particular. 3. Re-visit the review and claim that the upgrades in software made the iPhone now worthy of 4 Stars.
My Paul Thurott prediction. Three star review, but he uses the snot out of the thing and then a year from now when they've added a camera and video conferencing he changes it to a four star rating. But he will never admit that the iPad (still a dumb name by the way) is in anyway a revolutionary product.
Regards
Joe Dokes

"I would and do say the same about a person who blindly supported Chevrolet or Kelloggs or Nike. Product preference is one thing, but blind company loyalty is simple minded.--tayme
Would you not agree that blindly hating Chevrolet or Kelloggs or Nike or Apple or Microsoft was just as bad - and perhaps worse - than blindly supporting them?

"The only questions I have is which book has sold more....Snow Leopard the missing manual or Windows 7 Secrets???"
Windows 7 secrets has been in the top 5 of the top 100 on the pirate bay for quite a while, not sure why this is relevant, just pointing it out.

@FalKirk - "Would you not agree that blindly hating Chevrolet or Kelloggs or Nike or Apple or Microsoft was just as bad - and perhaps worse - than blindly supporting them?"
I would and I have said that as well.
--tayme

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